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Music Theory for Adult Piano Students: A Conversation with Joshua Tanis (Part 2)

by Doug Hanvey | May 1, 2022 | General

Joshua Tanis is a Lecturer in the Department of Music Theory at the University of Michigan. As a collaborative pianist he has worked on local, national, and international stages with artists from the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago,...

Music Theory for Adult Piano Students: A Conversation with Joshua Tanis (Part 1)

by Doug Hanvey | April 24, 2022 | General

Joshua Tanis is a Lecturer in the Department of Music Theory at the University of Michigan. As a collaborative pianist he has worked on local, national, and international stages with artists from the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago,...

Teaching Adult Piano Students: A Conversation with Brenda Dillon (Part 3)

by Doug Hanvey | April 3, 2022 | General

Recently, recreational music making (RMM) trailblazer Brenda Dillon generously spoke with me for over two hours. In this final part of our conversation, we spoke about practicing, ear training and listening skills, styles that adult piano students should consider...

Teaching Adult Piano Students: A Conversation with Brenda Dillon (Part 2)

by Doug Hanvey | March 27, 2022 | General

Recently, recreational music making (RMM) trailblazer Brenda Dillon generously spoke with me for over two hours. In this middle part of our conversation, we spoke about common questions that adult piano students have, issues related to teaching and learning...

Seven Things I Wish I’d Known as a Younger Musician

by Doug Hanvey | January 23, 2022 | Learning Piano

Learn How to Practice There are incredibly useful practice strategies and procedures that few teachers explicitly teach. I learned many of them through reading books and trial and error. (These strategies that can save you hundreds or thousands of hours of practice...

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